The drop in usage for Apple Pay and Google Pay is particularly notable, even if the reasons for the declines aren’t completely understood. Since launching Apple Pay in 2014, Apple has seen major retailers like Walmart forgo its platform for their own proprietary mobile payment tools. Meanwhile, the growing support for PayPal and Amex Express Checkout signals that some payment processors are still seeing success making in-roads with retailers — just not the two systems by tech giants Google and Apple.
